Marisa Jackels

Vine Rangers lands FAA exemption

Vine Rangers, a startup based in California that will soon be coming to Fargo, received a Section 333 FAA exemption last Friday – making it one of only 16 companies…

Tea-based pesticide by NDSU student works as well as conventional pesticides

Green tea is not often mentioned in the same breath as pesticide. But NDSU sophomore Dre Steinwehr made a connection between the two, and the results won him $1,000 at…

Infynt app tracks baby data to make tech-savvy daycares (and parents!)

“I have another idea,” says Nick Waverek, on stage for the third or fourth time. “I started thinking about this when we had a baby.” It’s the first night of…

Disrupting the norm: Emerging University blends education with experience

Jake Joraanstad’s been chewing on the idea for Emerging University for about 4 years, ever since he saw so many shortcomings during his own time as a college student. He…

FieldLeash creates portable boundaries for dogs

The idea hit a little over a year ago, when Rob Burke, his wife Ali, and their dog Petra were camping for the weekend. As they explored the area, they…

Women's Startup Weekend 2015 is this weekend!

Wait, didn’t Startup Weekend just finish up? Yes, but this is Women’s Startup Weekend! After a smash success last year, the second annual Women’s Startup Weekend is taking place in…

US Senator Heidi Heitkamp's 3 tips for growing North Dakota's startup culture

This morning, nearly 100 entrepreneurs from across North Dakota gathered at the North Dakota State College of Science for the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Road Tour, to learn how…

Shark Tank is on the hunt for North Dakotans

Shark Tank, a popular American reality television competition series for aspiring entrepreneurs, is on the hunt for Season 7 contestants. And they want North Dakotans. On April 1, Laurie Morse-Del,…

Fargo-based gaming startup launches The Abettor's Letters

After years of hard work – writing stories and dialogue, hand crafting artwork, voice acting, programming, and fine-tuning – local Fargo gaming startup Beach Interactive launched the first chapter of…

Emerging Prairie's March in Review

If we could place a character title on this month of March, it would be the Herald of Events. For the first part of the year, things were relatively quiet…